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Google‘s talking AI assistant is about to get a memory. Gemini Live, the chatbot’s conversational mode, will likely soon tap into your personal data to deliver far more useful answers. Code strings discovered by Android Authority in the latest Google app for Android point to the arrival of Personal Intelligence, a feature that lets the AI remember details about you by connecting to your other Google services. Personal Intelligence isn’t new to Gemini itself, but bringing it to Live mode would make those real-time conversations significantly smarter. Instead of generic responses, the AI could pull relevant context from your digital…

Google’s Pixel 11 series is just five months away, and the leaks are already rolling in. The first CAD renders made me do a double-take because at first glance, it feels like nothing has changed. But take a closer look at the display, and those bezels are finally slimming down. If these renders are accurate, it’s a sleek upgrade in the looks department. And that is just the beginning; there is a lot more that has leaked, so buckle up, it is going to be a fun ride. What’s different this time around? Though the aesthetics are stuck in the…

ChatGPT is getting a new music discovery trick that saves you a trip to another app. You can now use Shazam directly inside ChatGPT to identify songs playing around you without launching the Shazam app on your phone. The AI assistant listens to the audio, runs it through Shazam’s recognition system, and displays the results inside the conversation. How Shazam works directly inside ChatGPT The feature works through ChatGPT’s Apps integration, where you can connect services like Shazam to the AI chatbot. Once connected, you can trigger the feature by typing commands such as “Shazam” or “Shazam this song.” After…

We’ve seen 120Hz, 144Hz, 165Hz, and now a whopping 185Hz refresh rate on smartphones. The iQOO 16 is rumored to jump from 144Hz on the iQOO 15 straight to 185Hz. With a crisp 2K OLED panel, this phone is going to feel incredibly smooth. I have to admit, it’s a little sad that the US won’t get to see it again. What makes this phone stand out? A refresh rate of 185Hz is already impressive, but the iQOO 16 seems to be packing even more firepower. Rumors (according to Smart Pikachu) suggest it will sport a 200MP primary camera, a…

A staple of literature through the ages is the last words of famous people. Many private people also remember the last words of someone close. In an era where we are constantly told “the mind is just what the brain does,” claims about such terminal lucidity are easy to dismiss: “Those people didn’t really say that. They couldn’t have said it. Physiologically, it’s not possible, or at least not very likely.” Here’s the show at YouTube.So, when social scientist Charles Murray wrote thoughtfully on the topic at the Wall Street Journal late last year, he was taking a risk. Harvard…

Earlier this year, Google expanded its AI-powered search summaries to Gmail, giving users a quicker way to find relevant information in their inbox. Now, the company is bringing AI Overviews to Google Drive as well. Google says when you search in Google Drive, Gemini will now provide an AI Overview at the top of the results highlighting key details found in related documents. In an example, Google shows how when a user asks Gemini to “pull all of the files I have on sleep research,” it displays all relevant files in the AI Overview with brief descriptions next to each…

Apple’s Hide My Email feature has always been a pretty good quality-of-life privacy tool. iCloud+ subscribers can access randomly generated email addresses that forward messages to their real inbox. This helps users avoid any apps or websites from seeing their actual address. Apple also states that it doesn’t read the forwarded messages either. All of this makes it quite a handy tool that genuinely cuts down on spam, creating a distance between you and whatever sketchy service wants your email. But what it apparently does not do is hide your identity from law enforcement. What’s going on? According to court…

This article by Tom Winkler is republished from Science and Culture Today. I have been blessed to hear Michael Egnor speak several times, beginning with his talk at the opening of the Walter Bradley Center on Natural and Artificial Intelligence in 2018 in Seattle. Prior to this year, I believe I had heard him speak four or five other times in person, apart from watching his online appearances after the publication of his book, written with Denyse O’Leary, The Immortal Mind. So, why travel to Ithaca, New York, with all the snow and ice in both New York and here in…

Google is upgrading Gemini in Google Sheets, and it can now help build and edit entire spreadsheets and automatically fill in missing data. In addition, Sheets is getting a new feature that helps users tackle advanced optimization problems that would normally require complex formulas or models. Google says that generating or editing spreadsheets in Google Sheets is now easier than ever with Gemini. You can now use simple natural language prompts like “organize my upcoming move to Chicago. Create a checklist for packing by room, a contact list for utilities and a spreadsheet to track moving company quotes from my…

Apple’s pill-shaped front camera cutout, dubbed Dynamic Island, has been a talking point ever since it replaced the notch on the iPhone 14 Pro. Even the latest iPhones embrace the clever hardware and software implementation that is half genius and half cover-up for a larger cutout that houses the Face ID sensors.  However, according to fresh evidence from two different sources no less, the iPhone 18 Pro could feature a thinner Dynamic Island. The first comes from an X account called @earlyappleleaks, which shared a picture of what appears to be a prototype unit. The new Dynamic Island could arrive…